Timing

As I think about temperatures in the 40s and 50s this week, I find the thought of early spring appealing.  This morning I heard about the warblers coming through early.  That appealed as well... until I heard about the possibility of them starving to death.  So much depends on timing.  This morning I am praying for warblers and bugs and timing.

The thought of an early spring

Appeals:

Warmth and sun

Early crocus, daffodils

Even forsythia shining

Sooner than expected.

This morning I heard about

The possibility of an early warbler

Migration.

They come through every year

At the same time,

A particular insect hatches

Just in time

To feed them.

This year they may not synch

With the insects.

An early spring appeals.

Still

Trees filled with hungry warblers

Does not.

The air filled with particular insects

With no bird to eat them

Does not appeal

Either.

I so often forget:

Timing has so many

Implications.